How did the animals explain the selections made by the terrible things?

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The rabbits looked for a multitude of reason for the way the animals were selected. The explained the selections in the following way, but ultimately understood that there really wasn't a specific reason.

But the Terrible Things had brought their terrible nets, and they flung them high and caught the birds and carried them away. The other forest creatures talked nervously among themselves. "Those birds were always noisy," the squirrels said. "There's more room in the trees now," the squirrels said. "Why did the Terrible Things want the birds?" asked Little Rabbit. "What's wrong with feathers?"